Reviews praise Hera for rapid, polished motion outputs that stay on-brand and cut production time dramatically. Users highlight smooth prompt adherence, premium presets, easy exports, and responsive support. Non-designers appreciate going from idea to finished animations in minutes, while pros note code-level control for precise tweaks. Common caveats: occasional prompt misreads, accuracy slips (e.g., chart proportions), and a learning curve for advanced parameter tuning; faster performance and onboarding are desired. Overall, creators report a steady pace of improvements and strong value for social, promo, and product visuals.
Hera
👋 Dear Product Hunters, I'm Peter, one of the founders of Hera.
After spending thousands weekly on motion designers for my YouTube channels (Economics Explained hit 100M+ views), I watched them click through endless After Effects menus just to animate a simple bar chart. That was my "aha" moment: professional animation tools turn creative work into button-clicking hell.
Six months ago, my co-founder Chia (who built Vyond Studio, now used by 20K+ businesses) and I started tackling this problem. Unlike video-gen tools, Hera generates code-based animations where every parameter can be fine-tuned through prompts or on-canvas editing, giving users the control of After Effects with the simplicity of Lovable.
Since launching publicly two weeks ago, Hera users have already created over 200,000 animations. Join them and create your first animation at https://hera.video/
Morph: Subagents for Better Code Gen
@peter_tribelhorn f you want Cursor style edits you can try our cursor style fast apply model! lmk if you want some credits to test with, love this use case
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@morphllm yes, we'll definitely check that out. Reducing the time to get the animation is a priority for us.
@peter_tribelhorn congrats on the launch!
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@albertpurnama Thanks!
@peter_tribelhorn I can't thank you enough for this. As a designer who always felt awkward with Motion design (AF, Jitter, anything), this is gold. I will be using it and will give my 2c later on. Again, thanks 🙌
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@peter_tribelhorn @nico_ramella Let us know how we can improve!
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@nico_ramella Thanks for the kind words, looking forward to your feedback!
@peter_tribelhorn Wow! This looks super promising, looking forward to use it in my build in public journey. Congrats on the launch!
Floot
Congrats Hera! Over 200k animations created in two weeks is insane!
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@edlook Thanks, Edward!
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@edlook Crazy but real!
Agnes AI
Ngl, being able to fine-tune every animation with prompts instead of endless clicking is a game changer—fr, Peter and Chia nailed it with Hera!
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@cruise_chen Thank you!
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@cruise_chen Thank you! ❤️
Great product - as a video editor, it came in very handy for a few of my projects! Always happy to support Hera!
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@alexvelez Thanks, Alex, we need to catch up!
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@alexvelez Glad to hear that! 🤩
Mentara
Tried it out - Does a great job. Did not think AI was that far! Kudos to the team.
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@johannesdanielmeyer Thanks Johannes. I guess we're still at the very beginning. Love what you're building at Mentara as well :)
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@johannesdanielmeyer Still a far way to go. Let us know how we can improve!
stagewise
This thing is absolutely awesome, if you want to build a nice looking animation without having any skills in video editing or animation building. Already used it a couple times and with the ability to re-prompt or "make it auto-pretty", you pretty much always get a very usable result.
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@glenntoews thanks for your kind words, Glenn. Love that what we're building resonates with you. All the best for you and your team as well, I'm rooting for you!
April
This is amazing - this is like cursor for motion videos - so helpful. Subscribed
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@vedhsaka Great to hear, Akash. All the best to you! If there's anything I can help you with, let me know.